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Ghost Town - Ricky Gervais interview

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RICKY Gervais talks about dentistry, why Laurel and Hardy are the ghosts he would most like to be able to see and meet and why his kind of comedy works best.

He also talks about what appealed most about Ghost Town, why he felt it best to remove the kiss from the ending and what he’s working on next.

Q. Does playing a dentist make it easier going to the dentist?
Ricky Gervais: Well, luckily I only go to the dentist about every 15 years. That’s my technique… to wake up with raging tooth ache and then go: “Maybe I should have gone to the dentist more often.” I was put off when I was about five. I had loads of fillings. I haven’t got them any more [laughs]… the teeth fell out altogether. I was at a round table in Toronto where a journalist put her hand up and said: “I love the gag in the film that you play a dentist but you wear those awful teeth…” Greg Kinnear went: “Oh God!” And I said: “Sorry?” And continued: “Well, no they’re my real teeth.” She didn’t say “sorry”, but went: “Really?” So I said: “Of course, I’ve got them in now! Why would I wear them to a junket?” So, she sort of went red but she couldn’t believe that I’d be in a film with these teeth. It’s like taking the risk and asking a woman: “Are you pregnant?” It’s not worth the risk! It’s just not worth it.

Q. Did you have a technical adviser?



Full interview here...

Publish date:

1 November 2008

Author:

Rob Carnevale

Source:

Indielondon.co.uk

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